Want to grind up your skills in Project Zomboid but didn’t watch the television while civilisation was still mostly intact? Here’s every VHS tape in the game that gives you XP, as at the launch of Build 42.
NOTE: you will stop receiving XP gains from VHS tapes once you reach Level 3 in that specific skill. So, if you have Level 3 Carpentry, there is no point watching Woodcraft. This was a change for Build 42.
Aiming
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Basic Gun Handling (Officer Use Only) |
+75 |
| VHS: Knox Gun Owner’s Club’s Guide To Guns |
+75 |
| VHS: Dead Wrong |
+12.5 |
Blacksmithing
| VHS |
XP |
| VHS: From Ore To Store |
+12.5 |
Blunt
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Mathematical Quadratics and Algebraic Configurations |
+12.5 |
Carpentry
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E4 |
— |
+75 |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E5 |
— |
+50 |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E8 |
— |
+87.5 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E1 |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E2 |
— |
+50 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E3 |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E4 |
— |
+75 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E5 |
— |
+37.5 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E6 |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: Woodcraft E7 |
— |
+62.5 |
Cooking
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| VHS: Cooking Sushi At Home |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E1 |
Make Cake Batter |
+87.5 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E2 |
— |
+100 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E3 |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E4 |
— |
+50 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E5 |
— |
+50 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E6 |
— |
+62.5 |
| VHS: The Cook Show E7 |
Make Pie Dough |
+75 |
Electrical
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| VHS: How Electricity Works |
— |
+75 |
| Home VHS: Muldraugh AV Club |
Craft Makeshift Radio |
+75 |
| Home VHS: TV Repair |
— |
+75 |
Farming
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Tree Planting Guide |
+75 |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E3 |
+87.5 |
First Aid
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Combat Wound Management |
+87.5 |
| Home VHS: RMFA |
+75 |
Fishing
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E1 |
Make Fishing Rod |
+50 |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E2 |
— |
+75 |
Foraging
| VHS |
XP |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E5 |
+12.5 |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E7 |
+87.5 |
Lightfooted
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Grady v King |
+12.5 |
Mechanics
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: OSCC ’92 |
+12.5 |
| Home VHS: Stock Cars |
+12.5 |
| VHS: Carzone E1 |
+75 |
| VHS: Carzone E2 |
+75 |
| VHS: Carzone E3 |
+75 |
| VHS: Z-Squad S2.03 |
+12.5 |
Metalworking
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| Home VHS: No. 9 |
Make Metal Fences |
+112.5 |
| Home VHS: Nof Vid |
Make Metal Roof
Make Metal Walls |
+100 |
| VHS: Z-Squad S2.03 |
— |
+12.5 |
Reloading
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Basic Gun Handling (Officer Use Only) |
+75 |
| VHS: Dead Wrong |
+12.5 |
Tailoring
| VHS |
XP |
| Home VHS: Granny Nani |
+75 |
| Home VHS: Tailoring 101 |
+75 |
Trapping
| VHS |
Recipe |
XP |
| VHS: Exposure Survival E6 |
Make Wooden Box Trap |
+125 |
Remember to read a skill book before you watch a VHS to maximise your XP gains. You can find skill books in schools and book stores most reliably in Zomboid, but they are also available in random homes. The Aiming I book will gives you a boost for level 1-2 in Aiming, then Aiming II will boost you for 3-4, and so on.
Also, do bear in mind that you will need electricity and a “modern” TV to watch VHS tapes in Project Zomboid. Be sure to turn your TV off if you’re running a generator to save a bunch of electricity.
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